Category: West New York News

Local developer Ralph Lieber has been so angry at Union City government that over the past few years, he has posted various protest signs on his land at 801 Palisade Ave., including one reading “Zoning board approvals, are they for sale?” But last month, Lieber settled his 2007 lawsuit against the city with little fanfare. …

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The sun may be setting on New Jersey’s 36 Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZ). The state program allows businesses in certain urban areas to charge a low 3.5 percent sales tax to lure customers, then allows the money to be used to improve the safety and look of the district. But Gov. Christopher Christie’s 2011-2012 proposed …

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Humanitarian Mirta Cairo will tell you that her affliction a few years ago with multiple myeloma, a type of plasma cell cancer, was a transformative experience. But don’t categorize her as one of those victims who vow, only after serious trauma, to prevent suffering in others – because Cairo was doing that long before she …

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Education reform has been a long time a-comin’ to New Jersey since Gov. Christopher Christie took over as head of the class. With calls to abolish teacher tenure and to swap seniority for merit payscales, Christie has long had New Jersey districts and teachers’ unions murmuring and passing notes about what it will all mean. …

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There’s no question that the Union City/West New York area is a major treading ground for actors in Hudson County, enticing for its many venues and prolific support for the arts. But the founders of Hudson Theatre Works, the newest theatre company to take up residence at Park Performing Arts Center in Union City, want …

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